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()FFICE Application filed September 30, 1915. Serial No. 53,315.

[01m w honi itma g concern Be it""know'n that I, DAVID M. HANEr,

ir''i'tiz'en'fof the United States, residing at taining fDevices, ofwhich the following is' a specification. 1

nykifillfinthe county of Jefferson and St efof Pennsylva nla, haveinvented certan'iinew" and useful Improvements 1n Rej My. presentinvention relates to a new and improved retaining devlce that isespecially designed to supersede the ordinary forin'of rail retainingdevices, which are as ageneral rule termed,'rail spikes; and the mostimportant object of theinvention is to provide an improved retainingdevice of the above character. that may be'so positioned in the rail tieWherebya'll' danger of displacement, in a vertical plane, is ob viated.Consequently it will be understood that the rail will be retained-in anapproximately rigid position at all'times and the springy upward anddownward movement thereof during the passage of rolling stock absolutelyeliminated.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a rail spikewhich is capable of being inserted into the tie, transversely withrespect to the longitudinal eX- tent thereof and in a plane,substantially in parallelism to the plane of the longitudinal extent ofthe rail; consequently ,retain-f ing the rail in a more secure positionthan would dev ces of an ordinary nature.

A further object is to provide a retaining device ofthe above characterwhich, when .in place is only removable from the tie in a plane at rightangles to the planeof the longitudinal extent of the tie and being so,

become apparent during the continuance of Y the following description. a

The above and other objects which will become apparent, are accomplishedby such means as are shown in their preferred form in the Y accompanying-fldrawlngs, described in the following specification and thenmore claims.

specifically pointed out in the appended In the accompanying drawingswherein,

like characters designate like'parts throughout the several views,Figure 1 is a view 1n s1de elevation showing my nnproved 'retamingdevice in its preferred embodiment in connection with a portion of anordinary rail tie. ,Fig. 2is a view in end elevation showmg myln'vention as in'actual Fig. 3 is a view in bottom plan.

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" In the drawings the numeral 10 desig j Hates the body portion of thedevice which is preferablyform'ed of cast iron, steel, or the likematerial.

At its upper end the ,body

portion 10 is formed into an off-set portion 11 that extendsat asubstantially right angle to 1ts general extent and which is preferablyformed integral with the body portion. as

set portions 11 is cut away slightly as at 12 in order to receive aportion ofthe base shown in Fig. 2. The under face of theoff-H flange ofthe rail suchas'shown at'13. At

its lower end the body 10 carries an elongated extension 14that-is'tapered toward its free end and has its upper and lower edges 4and its outer end formed to provide cutting surfaces 15 and 16. It willalso be noted that the body 10 is tapered transversely toward one of itslongitudinal edges to form a cutting surface 17; Intermediate its upperand lower end-the body 10*carries'i1n .outsta-nding ear 18 which isenlarged adjacent its free end as at 19 so as to serve a dual function,v1z., to provide means whereby the device may be more readily driveninto the tie, and to serve as means to'facilitate the-removal of thedevice when desired. In the operation of the device the sharpened endportion 16' of the extension 14 isfirst engaged with the side of the tieafter which it may be driven thereinto by applying the pressure to thefree end ofthe ear-1'8. As the extension 14 enters the tie the sharpenedsurface 17 of the body 10 will also be brought into engagementtherewith, and

further, embedded into the tie a desired dis tance. As the body 10 movesintothetie the under face of the enlargement '11-'engages the uppersurface thereof while the base of the flange 13 is received by thecutout lQ. Since the device is positively locked against any verticalmovement whatsoever I itwill be understood that the rail will besecurely gripped and in this manner retained in an approximately rigidposingm- To remove the device a tool-- of any nature may be engaged withthe enlarged portion 19 of the ear 18 and by applying suitable pressureupon the upper end thereof. the device may be withdrawn. 1

From the foregoing it is believed that the advantages and novel featuresof my invention will be readily understood and therefore furtherdetailed description is deemed unnecessary.

In reducing my invention to practice I find that the form referred toherein as the most practical and preferred embodiment is themosteflicient, but realizing that certain conditions will necessarilyvary in concurrence with the adoption of my device I desire to emphasizethe fact that various minor changes in the details of construction, andin the proportion of parts may be resorted to when required withoutsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention,-

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a rail retaining device, a body portion, an off-set portion onsaid body )ortion forming a rail retaining means, sai body portion beingtapered transversely to form edge, an extension formed at the lower endof said body portion and"projecting.at a substantially right angle tothe longitudinal extent thereof, the upper and lower edges of saidextension being tapered to form cutting edges, said extension beingtapered toward its free end to provide a cutting surface'at that point,an ear formed on said body portion, and said ear being enlarged adjacentits free end.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' DAVID M. HANEY.

Witnesses:

W. F. MOORE,

J. H. MOORE.

